Blue Sky Farm

My blogging posts and photos are part of me . I think of this as a scrapbook of my life. The names have not been changed.. they are real people who have crossed my path along my journey. Some I know intimately, my family and friends. If their names are mentioned it's a sure sign they are special to me and I love them dearly...come along see for yourself, perhaps you know some of them too..

June 11, 2010

They are here! I was fixing dinner when Clay came to tell me tonight that "We are proud parents of 5 babies." I grabbed the camera and hurried out to the pond.. But mama had already gathered the babes together and was in the cattails hiding. I was disappointed but determined to snap a picture. Came inside ate my dinner quickly and returned to where he said he saw her.

I parked myself in a chair and waited quietly. All of a sudden the daddy duck made a circular pass of the pond and flew in.. Landed, swam around in a circle, bathed and quacked..and

Here they came out of the rushes..
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 .........

but wait look closely not 5 but 6 Babies

Before mama introduced the babies to daddy, I observed an amazing behavior. As I sat there Daddy duck swam over to another part of the pond and started quacking Very angrily and loudly. Then I saw another hen was swimming there and he actually chased her out of the pond and around the side of the pond before she flew away...I don't know if he was threatened by her or was protecting his new babies..

Watching these babies grow is going to be a favorite pastime now for sure.... I don't even want to think about the day they fly on.

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